Buzzwords

Question 1

Fluid level behind the drum
Retracted drum
Dull colour

Answer 1

Ottitis media with effusion

Question 2

Difficulty at school + have to shout loud to hear

Answer 2

Hearing loss oME

Question 3

Feel of “fullness” in the ear

Answer 3

Meniere’s disease

Question 4

Loss f corneal reflex (+sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus)

Answer 4

Acoustic neuroma

Vestibular Schwannoma

Question 5

Vertigo on rotation movement of the head

Answer 5

BPPV

Question 6

“Battle sign”

Bruising on the skull

Answer 6

Very specific to mastoid process of temporal bone fracture

Question 7

Pearly white on otoscope and foul, cheesy discharge

Answer 7

Cholesteatoma

Question 8

Saddle nose

Answer 8

Wegener’s granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis